Oh I feel your frustrations. It drives me nuts that HCBS wants to recruit the best then play a system that requires years to really learn, fully knowing these kids will be gone in a year. It just doesn't make sense to me. Like I've been trying to tell everyone. I'm not against KU playing the High/low system. I'm just saying recruit to that system. Don't recruit a kid that can shoot lights out from three, if all your going to do is have him pass the ball into the paint all game.
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Why is it that if somebody has a little money then they are slim balls and cheaters? Every school has Alumni with money. Thank God KU had the Booths who felt it important to no only purchase the original Naismith Basketball rules, but also to display them at KU for all to see. So what if the Koch brothers throw a bunch a money at Marshal, and try to keep him? Why wouldn't they? He's the best thing that's has happened for the Shockers.
My guess is HCBS is about to over recruit the guards he already has. Meaning some will be unhappy and feel betrayed. Hence transferring.
Ok Jaybate-1.0 I'll give you some props. You make a strong argument but, but, I'm not sure I can totally agree.
First why do board rats think three pointing shooting is lucky? I would be willing to bet that KU guards take hundreds of three point shots a day. Always practicing, honing the shot. Not trying to push back on you to hard here. Yet you come across like KU's three pointing was just a hot streak? An anomaly or some addicted gambler riding a hot streak. Yet I just watched a lot of basketball this weekend where the three not only was used heavily, but in some cases kept games close and even won the game.
I'm not saying lets forget the High/Low, as I believe balance. Yet I think HCBS needs to do a better job of playing to his teams strengths. He said himself this was most likely the best shooting team he's ever had.
Tell you what forget pounding the ball inside or shooting the three for a second. Why didn't HCBS just take advantage of the mid range jump shot? I don't have the stats to back up what I'm about to say but this KU seemed pretty good at taking that shot. I'm even willing to bet they shot better from midrange than three and down under the basket combined.
Anyways love the banter
Whoa I didn't mean to upset you. Not my intentions.
Um Coach K has been considered for many NBA HC jobs. After all he does coach the Olympic team. He just has no desire. Why be a great in the NBA when you can be a legend at Duke after all the money is about the same?
The triangle offense? So you think Phil Jackson won all those championships because of the Triangle offense? It had nothing to do with Jordan or Kobe the two best players in the game over the last 20 years? I'm sorry I just don't buy that one at all. No Bulls fan or Lakers fans that I've ever ran across said hey we won those championships because of the triangle offense. However again I think you missed my point I'm not against a system of offense. Not sure why you think I believe KU should just come down and chuck threes? The thing is you're kind of proving my point. the triangle offense is mostly about getting the ball in your best players hands. Hence the most talented players. Am I wrong?
I'm sorry I offended you when I called HCBS a bonehead. I personally love the guy and hope for the best. However KU makes big money off it's fans. This isn't like fifty years ago when it wasn't necessarily about winning but playing the game right. You force me as a fan to buy special packages just to watch KU then I'm going to speak my mind if I think things are going a wry. Wrong or right I will speak my mind. After all I'm picking up part of the bill just to watch.
Hey upsets happen as you said once before the tournament can be a crap shoot. However it seems to me KU has been exiting the tournament a little to early under HCBS's watch. How many times has KU been a 1 or 2 seed and does nothing in the tournament? Look I get the love for HCBS I really do but at some point you have say hey what's going on here.
My biggest beef with HCBS is he can't make up his mind. Maybe he doesn't have a choice? However he wants to play his system no matter what then recruit the types of players that can play the system. Yet he recruits all these great players and doesn't even really scheme to use their talent. It's all about pounding the ball inside. To me that's a waste. You play to your strengths or you go home in the tournament.
It seems KU has been going home a lot here lately.
Nice. LOL Nice. However does one bad year say scarp it? After all Kentucky is about to play in their third Championship in the last five years. Well unless the Badgers can do some damage man I'm hoping.
Come on Jaybate? You're not just injecting a point, but merely hypothesizing a certain outcome to prove you point.
I believe in the senses mode of things. If it looks like crap then, it is likely to be crap, if it feels like crap then it is likely to be crap, and if it smells like crap well then you have a @#%$.
You point to Cliff as the need to play bad ball. Well lets be real Cliff was spending a lot of time on the bench before his suspension. As the college game was to quick for him, and really had no effect on KU shooting 10 threes or 20. You also point to the Ellis injury. Yes losing a player like Ellis is huge and a change it needed. However you can never convince me that going away from your strength as the best path.
That's a lot like a lot of these self help books teaching people to focus on there weakness, when the facts are the most successful people focused on their strengths.
I'm more than happy to call Cal a slime ball, and I've always been a big believer where there is smoke there is a fire. Like my friend said to me this early this year. Why are all these OAD's going to UK when they could go to another college and be the man instead of being a cog in the UK machine? Money.
However whether Coach Cal cheats at recruiting or not, the fact of the matter the Dude does quite well in the tournament. I'm not sure the guy has ever lost in the first weekend. (I'd have to check on that one).
Think about it like this. The experts said you could never win with that much young talent. He's done it and is about to do it again. The experts say an undefeated team will never happen again too much competition. Well he's on the cusp of doing that very thing, and you know what he's getting even better. I've made claims this guy can't coach, but I'm starting to think I'm wrong. I just hope the guy goes to the NBA, or he's going to rule over College Basketball.
Also just because your the most hated team in the country doesn't mean your doing things wrong. It's means your winning. Look at the Yankees, hell even look at KU. We have our fair share of haters.
Something very interesting happened to day. Have you heard of kicking a man while he's down? or pouring salt in an open wound? Yea well that just happened today. No us KU fans didn't see or feel it yet, but the burn the pain is coming. This season is done for KU and it's fans, and talk has turned to why we should play bad ball and why we should shoot more threes. Some KU fans take the stance of how dare anyone question the great HCBS, others think he is being to stubborn and inflexible with his offense of scheme. Leaving some KU fans confused and dazed not sure what side to take.
Did you see who made the Final 4 this year? Here comes the burn and pain my friends. Next year when we open up a new season with hopes of a great year and KU well play in the Champions Classic. Yep!!! Now do you see it? Yep that is right Kentucky, Duke, and Michigan St. all made it to the final 4. While KU took it's usual early round exit. Real #@$& nice.
Let me say finding KU buckets has made me a better fan, a knowledge fan, and it's helped my typing skills. I'm always amazed at the theories that are posted, the in depth break down of the game not only by opinions but numbers.
Well boys and girls all I can say is whatever we is or are doing isn't working.
Also let me just say this. I know must of if not all on KUBuckets are diehard KU fans. Some will believe and just trust HCBS in whatever he does, while some will question HCBS and the results he has. Neither one is bad, or wrong. Some KU fans will believe no matter what, while some will say hey this isn't going to work. I know the debate must happen, and I most likely will stir the pot myself. Just remember we are all KU fans and we love and care about our Jayhawks.
Besides, I can't help it if you can't see the light and see the truth I'm laying down. :)
You said----We clearly would have been 3-8 playing relying on Trey balling, and given the slump and leg injuries on shooters maybe 2-9.
Come on that is like saying if I wouldn't have drank more after we went to the whole BAD BAll scheme KU would of finished undefeated, and made the Final 4
Look all I know is one game KU hits lights out from three and the next I don't even think they took a three? Bad Ball was born that day, and the season went into the crapper.
I wouldn't try to defend my comment as brilliant in anyway fashion or form. However you opened up a whole different can of worms. As Duke seems to be your line of defense. Lets break it down. Shall we?
Coach K is a brilliant coach and I would agree that he runs a system of offense. Yet he doesn't and isn't so boneheaded to run every thing through the bigs. His offense scheme actually values the three and has set plays to shoot the three. Hence why he has tied the Wizard for the most Final 4 appearances. I have had the chance to watch Duke play and Coach K coach his teams over the years. As much as I hate Duke and Coach K I'm always amazed how he can change is form of attack in the middle of the game. He doesn't just stick to the tried and true. He understands what isn't working and what is, Then he makes adjustments.
Ask yourself this question? Why does Coach K always get considered for NBA jobs and HCBS never does? Now thats not me just trying to prove a point. HCBS himself has said he would be interested in the NBA game, but really never has any offers. So why is it that? I'm guessing it's because he's a system coach. In the NBA a teams roster can be changed or altered from year to year, and HC needs to adapt to the talent he has. Every notice when an NBA team talks about rebuilding they never talk about learning a system? Nope it's about stock piling talent.
Maybe I'm being a bit extreme when I say pure talent will always beat a system, but man I'm not far off. The proof is in the pudding ask yourself this question? How many times has KU lost to a system coached team? Not very many. It usually some player with pure talent going off, or taking over the game
One last thing I'm not against a system run team. Hey bring it on. HCBS has done pretty well, but don't go after OAD talent and then just have them pound the ball inside all day. It's a waste of talent, and it drives me nuts.
I'm not saying that a system school or coach can't make some noise, but as I've heard all year it's all about the tournament. Yes these system schools can make some noise, but be honest do you see either Duke, UK, or AZ not winning this thing? That's point.
If HCBS wants to play his system, then I'm on board. Yet lets get out of this OAD recruiting nightmare we are in, and recruit to the system. Losing sucks but it sucks even worse when you know you're the better team. It's like you left something on the table. Not a good feeling.
However if HCBS is going to chase and recruit these OAD's, then he needs to reinvent himself, and not be so stubborn and loyal to what got him here. Believe me I want HCBS to be the next legend of KU basketball. I really do.
Lets face the reality that college basketball is changing in leaps and bounds. It was not uncommon for the game to change a little here and a little there. A new rule change, a new offense scheme. A new rising coach. Yet there was always a balance, a snap back to the old tried and true of how the game was recruited, coached, and played. Yet Everything has changed.
With the NBA's hunger and willingness to gamble and throw large amounts of money at unproven players for the mere upside of their potential. Young boys or men have no choice but to forgo an education and take the money that is being forced in to their wallets and bank accounts. Yes the game has changed and is still changing.
In this regard I feel sad for the game and our beloved HCBS. You see the game has changed so much that system schools and system coaches are falling by the wayside. They are becoming casualties of the new area. One of the hardest things to do in one's life is to change something that has made them who they are. When a person has had mega success it's a hard pill to swallow and accept it's time to change.
A system can be a great thing, yet like most things it can and does hinder your growth, and ability to change when it's need is apparent. The last two years have shown that the need for change is apparent in KU land. How the game is played is different, the types of players that are recruited has changed, how the game is coached has changed. This is just a reality. I just hope HCBS can make the changes. He needs to break away from the tried and true and reinvent himself.
Two points to prove why HCBS needs to change.
Last years team. Remember it? Oozed with mega talent. HCBS made a big mistake. In so many ways but not all. HCBS had the players to run is tried and true patented High/Low. KU finally had a true guard that could take over a game in Wiggins. Yet what had HCBS licking his chops was Embiid. Having a big that can run, jump, block, dunk, fly, and just about everything else is a high/low dream. That was the downfall. Even HCBS said himself I was waiting and hoping he would come back when Embiid went down. The reality is HCBS found is dream big for his system and he pounded him into the ground. Not only hurting Embiid but also stunting the growth of the rest of the team. As the offense play was go inside boys.
This years team had no real big that could make the High/low work. No not even Ellis. Think about Ellis under the Mayor at Iowa St? Are you starting to see my point? HCBS stayed true to himself, and tried to make Ellis the focus of his high/low offense. Ignoring even his own revelation that this years team was the best shooting team he has ever had. The results? Ellis like Embiid got pounded into the ground, and finished the season injured. The worst part is the rest of team's overall growth was stunted again.
Bottom line is if you're going to play a system, then you recruit to that system and understand you will get beat by pure talent. Yet if you going to play this new game and recruit the OAD's then you have to develop a system to play to your strengths. Even if it means reinventing the wheel ever year.
Refs are human too? or are they? lol No I believe the Refs get caught up in the moment. In Omaha it was apparent to me that the Shockers had more fans than KU. At the very least they were louder. As the game rolled into the second half I felt the Shockers were playing a home game.
TRob thin and lanky? Maybe I'm getting old but dude looked like a muscle builder when he first stepped on campus and looked like the HULK when Hudy got done with him.
Why play the Shockers every year? Think about it? If KU played the Shockers every year they would get beat like a rented mull. Actually the Shockers fans should be glad KU doesn't play their program every year. If you ask me they got lucky this year.
All valid points. :) However there are two things you hit on, that kind of make my point (even though for the most I think we are on the same page).
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College basketball is changing. Unless the NBA changes their stance on allowing kids out of High School 3 to 4 year players will be mostly be an anomaly. Well unless they just love college to much, won't fall for the get the money now, or they're just clue guys. So that means a school like KU will be turning over its lineup almost every year. Meaning that every year new players well be expected to learn a new and difficult offense. You said yourself HCBS plays a difficult offense to learn. Don't get me wrong I love the High/Low as much as the next KU fan. However this year really opened my eyes to the real success of HCBS's High/Low system. His system not only needs a scorer but someone that can pass in the paint. It just wasn't there. Though I think us KU fans maybe underestimating Lucas.
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I know you've heard me more than once on the issue of the three. Yet as you said it yourself KU players can shoot the three if it's open. That's kind of my point, and why I'm a bit upset with HCBS's coaching this year. You who has played the game (and so have I) know as well as I do if something isn't working you try something different, or at the very least tweak what you're doing. Yet time after time KU comes down on offense and tries to pound the ball inside. No sets to run a three shot. They only come if all else fails
The game is changing and if HCBS is going to recruit as he has been. Then I think he needs to reinvent himself. Play to your strengths. Trying to teach a High/Low to kids that are gone after one year doesn't make sense to me, but hey maybe I'm wrong and HCBS goes onto win the next two or three championships. If so trust me I'll be on here preaching that I was completely wrong. Yet I'm afraid for HCBS and the KU program. The last couple of years have been far from just disappointing. :(
Nothing wrong with playing good solid defense, yet to win the game you have put the ball in the hoop. You Don't get points for playing good defense. LOL
Well are we going to use that excuse every year? Sometimes You have to outscore somebody.
Look I'm no expert, but it doesn't take rocket science to figure this. Half this year I've heard nothing but why the high/low works and why it doesn't. It even went as far as some creating terms to name the various schemes. Bad Ball, 4out 1in, and so on. However at the end of the day, and after a long season reality came crashing down like a big 747. For some KU fans the writing was on the wall and began to prepare themselves for what has happened. Another 2nd round loss. While others had no clue it was coming.
You see we can blame the offense scheme, we can blame it on the defense, and we can blame it on a whole host of other things. However in reality there is no good excuse why a program, a blue blood like KU who has been loaded with talent should bow out of the tournament in the 2nd round two years in a row. That falls on coaching. It's one or the other they're not running the right scheme for the talent they have, or they're not recruiting the right players to run there scheme.
You may not like my stance on the 3 point shot, but the fact remains the same HCBS High/low system does not value the three point shot. it just doesn't. He hardly ever runs any sets for the shot. Unless the game is on the line, well then it's to late. You see the thing about three is it is a game changer. It is both the equalizer, and separator. Take the Shockers game for instance. There was a sequence of possessions of where KU would score and then the Shockers would score. Problem is KU would get a two bucket or two shots at the foul line, while the Shockers would hit a three. So even though KU was turning up the offense and scoring points they were losing ground on the score board. The Three can be a powerful thing if you embrace.
Now I'm not saying KU should live be the three as I do love the High/low myself. However I do believe it's something HCBS should put more value on, instead of treating it like some trinket on a dresser. For crying out loud he called it Fools Gold.
And your wrong the three point shot did cost KU the game. We just weren't the ones making them.
I would love to say wait till next year, but we will have the basic team back next year. Is that really a good thing? I'm not sure being a year older is going to help this team either.
Also think the lack of tournament success is really starting to show some glaring holes in Bill Self as a HC. I hate to admit it but winning conference championships just isn't cutting it anymore. I would venture to say look for the winds of change to start chirping if HCBS and next years team don't make a deep run in the tournament.
Well KU is going home because of the Fools Gold. Maybe HCBS needs to rethink the whole three point shot.
I'm so tired of KU heading home early because some team shoots the Fools Gold. If the three is Fools Gold why does KU go home every year?
Shockers hanging in with the three. Maybe they'll go cold in the second half?
What is up with the refs? Man KU players getting mugged. OK?
One important point being over looked. HCBS has denied the Shockers of playing KU every year. For good reason. Sure the Shockers could win a game here and there, but in the end KU starts kicking their ass every year.
HCBS will be about proving his point. KU will be ready.
Love your take. Wish I could Fav again.
Attitude equals Altitude. What you believe you are, therefore you become.
Then my favorite. We came here to fight and drink beer, and we are almost out of beer. ;)
Yea you and I knew that 08 team was cold, but if you remember it was all about Memphis as the best team ever. The young Tar Heels could be unstoppable, and UCLA making another 4 four run.
KU you was far from being the favorite. Yet not only did they win the championship but they are the only Team to win the championship when all #1 seeds made the Final 4.
My intent wasn't so much to down on any KU teams. It just seems to me when KU is the favorite the lose and go home. Yet when nobody really gives them a chance they ring the bell. This year seems to be that kind of year.
At least I hope so.
So I'm not as seasoned as some of KU fans that post on KUBuckets. However in my life time I have witnessed two KU national Championships.
How many times have we seen a KU superior team enter the tournament only to be upset? Whether HCRW or HCBS it seems a KU top notch team falls apart and loses. For some reason these team find their kryptonite no matter how good they are. Whether a strange team shooting lights out from three, or a bad call from the refs. KU's best teams go home.
Yet KU's least best teams seem to do quite well in the tournament. 2011/2012 wasn't the best KU team yet they played for the championship. The Danny and the Miracles were far from being the best yet they cut down the nets. In 2008 KU went into the final 4 as the weakest #1 seed and yet they cut down the nets in the only final 4 to present 4 #1's seeds.
So here is my point. Is this the season? Everybody is down on KU (even I), yet is it that moment? Is this that moment where KU plays out of their minds. Whether they play Bad Ball as Jaybate has been claiming for weeks, or hitting the three as Hem has been saying for weeks. Does KU climb above the abnormal and claim greatness?
My fellow KU fans. I love to break down how a team plays, as much as the next guy, However sometimes in the tournament a team comes along that you can't make sense of. Last year it was UConn. Is this the year of the KU Jayhawks.?
I believe in the law of averages and karma. So many times KU has entered the tournament as a team to be reckoned with, yet only went home early. Yet this year KU enters the tournament as a team not favored and is expected to lose early. Does KU rise to the challenge? Does KU claim their spot in history?
I'm starting to believe.
Oh I don't know Mason does alright. What I like most about Mason is he doesn't try to take over the game. SC was crazy about doing that.
As much as I love SC I would take Mason all day and every day. Don't get me wrong SC but he was kind of a shoot first kind of point guard. Mason seems to really have the handle on how to run an offense.
Thanks for the insights. I know I can read stuff and see highlights, but I trust KU fans opinions more than anything.
It sounds like KU is finding it's stride.
Three's? Was it a team effort or just a BG going off. How did Lucas look? Man I should quit my job forcing me to miss a KU game.
Wasn't able to watch the game. Wanted to DVR but my job took me out of town. So no use, but will be home for the KU Shocker game
So please, please, pretty please tell me how KU was able to win by double digits with out the Designer only getting 9 points?
Man SMU and HCLB got screwed. Waaayyyyy bad call. I bet if SMU was Duke they don't get that goal-tending call.
Wouldn't surprise me. The winds of change seem to be blowing. The state of Texas is becoming a hot recruiting bed for basketball. The days of we just care about football maybe coming to end, as well as Barnes tenure as HC of the Texas Basketball team.
Really thought the Clones would make a deep run, maybe even a Final 4 appearance. Guess not? I hope the rest of the Big 12 doesn't just bow out so easily. They kind of need a good showing this year, to shake this whole Big 12 sucks banner.
Yes we are a wounded bunch, even the fan base. Almost like a Mash Unit. However I will say I believe this team has heart. Lets cross our fingers and do whatever we think is lucky.
Rock Chalk.
Love New Mexico. Have some good times out there. Santa Fe is a must see, especially the plaza.
I'll believe they are senior laden group, meaning they most likely don't make many mistakes.
Ok so the brackets are out and everybody has had a chance to look it over. So take your KU glasses off and be honest about your prediction. It doesn't make you a traitor if you think KU falls short of a championship or Final Four. ;)
I feel if KU can get by the Shockers I can see a run to the final 8. However I'm not sure we have any answer for UK. I'm afraid the combination of pounding the ball inside at all cost and KU's slump from three land will prove fatal for KU. However I'm holding out on the BAD Ball play. Maybe heart can end the UK destiny.
Fingers crossed. Hell in the recent less than stellar performance from KU, I've shaved my beard and set a trap in my back yard trying to catch a Leprecon. No luck yet. But if I do? I'll let him keep his gold as long as he gives me and the KU nation a National Championship.
Gotta go I think I caught one.
I totally understand your point on BG. Sometimes he gets beat like a drum on defense, but I'm telling you the boy can play. This might shock you but I can see the kid in the NBA. The kid can be deadly with his jump shot, and he has a swagger. That's not something you can teach you either have it or you don't
As for your comment or point that KU players would rather shoot a set three, rather than make one for themselves confuses me?
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There isn't much room to make your own three point shot unless you want (A) To shoot a contested shot or (B) take a three shot completely out of ones range.
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I'm pretty sure HCBS has set the standard for this team as what is an acceptable three point shot.
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I would assume that the majority of three shots taken are open or run out of a set play. NBA or college I'm not sure there is a difference.
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Very few players on any level have the ability to create their own shot (a decent shot)(not just chucking it) from three land. There just isn't much room to play with.
In some ways I agree with HCBS that the three is fools gold, but yet on the same token the three can be a game changer. Think of the great KU teams that fell to inferior teams because of the three shot. Syracuse, VCU, Bucknell. and others? A well placed three or a couple in a row can just change the game or put the final nail in the coffin.
I don't know maybe I mistook your post? If I did please correct me. I'm all ears.
I think some of you are missing the point here. I can't think of anybody that posts on KUBuckets thinks or feels KU should go full onslaught from three land. Yet dismissing the three bomb as fouls gold isn't practical either.
Yes to live by the three is to die by the tree. Yet I propose that if a team becomes one-dimensional then that said team can die from that strength. The college game is different than the pro game in this one respect.
On most nights a school like KU is going to have:
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More talent at every position, with few exceptions
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Better coaching
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And not least but last more experience. Not so much in age wise but playing in big High profile games.
Now none of these guarantees a win but it does help. Plus a HC like BS can run a system night after night and win games just by playing his system. If all else fails he's got the talent to turn the tide.
The problem is playing a system also means you can die by that system. If anything the Mayor and Iowa st. proved that in the Big 12 conference championship game.
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Don't quit and give up against KU's onslaught has it will happen.
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Spread him out on defense, has they really have no rim protector, to fit the system of defense they play
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Crowd as many guys in the paint as you can. (Remember how many times clones came running from the paint to contest the three shot?)
The recipe is there to beat KU.
Now not every team can accomplish the feat of beating KU like Iowa st. has done. However the system can be beaten, and this year KU's system of play has shown it is quite vulnerable. As it doesn't have the right personal to play it. This is why the argument of playing to your strength or tweaking the offense has come into play.
KU has some nice shooters, and as of to date HCBS has not taking advantage of that strength. He has been persistent on pounding the ball inside. This can't be denied. Now we as fans can only speculate what the results would be if HCBS would at the very least vary his offense approach. Yet for the sake of the debate or discussion, we know what we are getting now. Bad Ball with the games coming down to the last few possessions. Not sure you a team can make a living doing that in the tournament.
But maybe I'm wrong. We shall see.
Hey what's wrong with a good ole Red Neck. If you're nice to them, they'll share their moonshine. ;)
UM slow down my friends. Lets win the first game against New Mexico St. Then we'll talk about a potential matchup with whoever. No I'm serious this KU team plays Bad Ball and with Bad Ball you never know what you're going to get.
I think you all know where I stand on this issue. I just don't see how you don't play to your strength. I could and would agree with a HC saying hey we got the three thing down lets work on our inside game. Yet that's not how it went down. HCBS basically came out and showed his disdain for the three point shot. He termed it Fools Gold.
Which I'm fine with HCBS's lets pound the ball inside at all costs. Hey he's won a lot of games doing it. However if that's the approach on offense, then don't recruit a Conner, or Greene type of kid. One you're wasting that kids ability and two your driving the fans nuts.
I think HCBS is a fine coach one of the best, but I don't think he's adapting to the OAD very well. Think of this years team and last years team. Really KU's experience with the OAD era. Last year when Embiid went down. HCBS had no answer. Even in his own words he said I made his biggest mistake of my coaching career last year. He was waiting for Embiid to come back. Now look at this year. Some of you may disagree with me but every time I a see Lucas on the floor I think gosh that is a prototypical HCBS big man. Why this kid had to wait this long to start is beyond me.
HCBS is a system coach and his system works best when he has 3 to 4 year players. He is old school in his thinking has he has one way of doing things. He doesn't vary from the system much, and he never just completely abandons it. So I say a lot of KU problems are HCBS recruiting OAD's,
HCBS should focus on his system. He should focus on kids that fit the system he runs. Forget recruiting these OAD kids for a system that takes a good 2 to 3 years to run. I mean think about it, if your system works best with kids that have played it for a couple years then why recruit OAD's that are going to leave after one year?
That my friends is Fools Gold.
hell ya. :)
My friend Lucas post up like, like, like dare I say Danny Manning. No seriously Lucas is showing he's a dangerous man.
LMAO nice. However I'm afraid the fix is in. 810am KC's biggest sports station is bagging on the demise of KU basketball. I guess the SEC pays more?
Well do tell? Don't leave us in the dark?
You know it brother. It seems the minutes he gets, he gets better. So surprised it took so long for HCBS to put him in the starting lineup? Lucas just fits HCBS high/low like a spoon to ice cream.
I"m loving me some Lucas. I hope HCBS doesn't over recruit him.